How Spa became pivotal in the title race

While Nico Rosberg claimed an easy victory in the Belgian Grand Prix, Lewis Hamilton may well be the one with more to celebrate

If Lewis Hamilton goes on to be crowned a four-time world champion this season, he may well look back on the Belgian Grand Prix as the pivotal moment that helped make him the most successful British Formula 1 driver in history.

It is often said championships are won as much on a driver's difficult days as their good ones, and each of the last two F1 seasons have arguably turned on Hamilton's capacity to salvage gold from the gloopy sludge of a competitive setback.